Economic Poison Pill, Environmental Placebo
For a global agreement, there is really very little "global" to the treaty proposal agreed to in Kyoto. Out of 160 nations party to the agreement, 130 will not have to reduce their energy use.
Is Santa Politically Incorrect?
Historically, role models have come in all types. And that's probably a good thing, since very few people are perfect and we all need models with whom we can relate.
A Step Forward for Foster Care
People working in the nation's government-operated foster care system finally have gained permission to give a foster child's safety and well-being priority over anything else.
The GOP's Health Care Folly
A bill before Congress would allow the federal government to regulate the health care plan of every American citizen who has private insurance. It would raise costs, and therefore premiums, and cause millions to be uninsured. And although the bill's purpose is to raise the quality of care patients receive, in all likelihood the quality would go down, not up.
Beating the IRS Reform Horse
Reform of the Internal Revenue Service will be of little effect unless tax code reform and a reduction of taxes are also instituted.
Briefing Addresses Global Climate Change Treaty's Impact on Texas
The global climate change treaty under discussion in Kyoto, if agreed to by the U.S., will have a significant impact on the Texas economy.
NCPA NAMES NEW VICE PRESIDENT
The National Center for Policy Analysis has named Jack Strayer Vice President – External Affairs.
NEWS RELEASE: Beating the IRS Reform Horse
Dallas – Reform of the Internal Revenue Service will be of little effect unless tax code reform and a reduction of taxes are also instituted, according to a brief analysis from the National Center for Policy Analysis.
MEDIA ADVISORY: Briefing Addresses Global Climate Change Treaty's Impact on Texas
Dallas – The global climate change treaty under discussion in Kyoto, if agreed to by the U.S., will have a significant impact on the Texas economy. Sterling Burnett, Environmental Analyst for the National Center for Policy Analysis, joins U.S. Rep. Sam Johnson in Plano Monday, December 8, 1997 for a public briefing to discuss the potential effects.
NCPA Names New Vice President – External Affairs
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 /PRNewswire/ — The National Center for Policy Analysis has named Jack Strayer Vice President – External Affairs.
Making Welfare Work
Welfare reform that emphasizes putting welfare recipients to work is the most successful public policy initiative of this century.
Wyoming Is Valedictorian, Hawaii Fails On Report Card For Welfare Reform States
Why work when you can earn more than $36,000 a year doing nothing?
Briefing to Address IRS Reform
Dr. John Goodman, President of the National Center for Policy Analysis, joins Senator Phil Gramm and Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison in Houston Monday for a public briefing on Internal Revenue Service reform and the introduction of Sen. Gramm's "Honest Taxpayer Protection Act of 1998."
NEWS RELEASE: Wyoming Is Valedictorian, Hawaii Fails On Report Card For Welfare Reform States
Washington, D.C. – Why work when you can earn more than $36,000 a year doing nothing? This is what welfare recipients are asking in Hawaii, and why welfare-to-work reform policies have been slow to be adopted in that state according to a report from the National Center for Policy Analysis. Making Welfare Work: Lessons From the Best and Worst State Welfare Reform Programs, looks at why some states have been more successful than others in implementing welfare-to-work programs.
MEDIA ADVISORY: Briefing to Address IRS Reform
Dallas – Dr. John Goodman, President of the National Center for Policy Analysis, joins Senator Phil Gramm and Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison in Houston Monday for a public briefing on Internal Revenue Service reform and the introduction of Sen. Gramm's "Honest Taxpayer Protection Act of 1998."
Can the IRS Be Reformed?
Since ancient times, people have feared and suffered at the hands of tax collectors. The ancient writer Lactantius tells us that Roman tax collectors would always double the tax when they were sent to collect it, in order to make sure that their efforts were rewarded. Tax collectors were so pervasive, he says, "there was no threshing-floor without the taxman there, no vintage without a guard on the spot."
Managed Health Care: A Passing Phase
Somebody has observed that nations tend to base their strategy for national defense on winning the war already past. Thus France built the Maginot Line after World War I. The same might be said of America's health care policy – managed care is America's Maginot Line.
Best and Worst States for Welfare Reform
While some states are having great success with welfare reform, many indolent states are putting fewer welfare recipients to work.
MEDIA ADVISORY: Best and Worst States for Welfare Reform
Washington, D.C. – While some states are having great success with welfare reform, many indolent states are putting fewer welfare recipients to work according to a report from the National Center for Policy Analysis.
"Ecosystem Health" Common Ground
I'm still hoping, perhaps foolishly, that traditional environmentalists (by that I mean the typical Audubon or Sierra Club member) will find common ground with the classical liberals who call themselves free market environmentalists.